TOD WG Mtg Summary May 6 2016
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Meeting Minutes November 4, 2016 (9:00AM – 12:00PM) City of North Miami Beach The Southeast Florida Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Working Group is an informal group of participants, from various agencies and organizations, whose purpose is to work together to foster the creation of TOD in Southeast Florida in a cooperative, collaborative, effective, and efficient manner. Agenda Items 1. TOD Roundtable Updates After brief introductions and announcements, participants shared individual updates on TOD- related efforts. 2. Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit Plan - Presentation by Wilson Fernandez, Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) 3. Report on Regional TOD Compact Discussions and Next Steps Chris Sinclair reported results from discussions with the Regional Planning Councils and MPOs on a potential Regional TOD Compact, as one of the 10 TOD implementation initiatives. 4. TOD Implementation Workshops - Updated Approach Kate Ange presented the final approach for the TOD Implementation Workshops for Local Governments as presented to the TOD Leadership Committee meeting in October and refined to incorporate the committee’s suggestions. 5. City of North Miami Beach’s TOD Planning Efforts - Presentation by Richard Lorber Participants Christina Miskis, South Florida Regional Council (SFRC) Fred Stubbs, Palm Tran Larry Hymowitz, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Four Systems & Policy Planning Lynda Westin, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) Richard Lorber, City of North Miami Beach 1 Richard Lorber, City of North Miami Beach Wilson Fernandez, Miami-Dade MPO Remote Participants Alex Hansen, City of West Palm Beach Jorge Perez, Palm Beach County Khurshid Mohyuddin, Palm Beach County Kim Delaney, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) Valerie Nielson, Palm Beach MPO Vinod Sandanasamy, Broward County Facilitators Chris Sinclair, Renaissance Planning Nicole Estevez, Renaissance Planning Shane Laakso, Renaissance Planning Jessica Dimmick, Renaissance Planning (Remote) Kate Ange, Renaissance Planning (Remote) The Southeast Florida TOD Working Group is open to anyone interested in collaboration. If you are interested in attending the TOD Working Group, please contact Shane Laakso at [email protected] or 561-404-7261 x157. Detailed Meeting Notes AGENDA ITEM #1: TOD ROUNDTABLE UPDATES Palm Tran reported that the West Palm Beach Transit Village development at the existing Tri-Rail station has received all local approvals and is still progressing, but the developer has not identified a timeframe for starting construction. The Transit Village is a proposed mixed-use TOD that will be constructed over the existing intermodal facility. Palm Tran reported that the West Palm Beach Brightline station and the adjacent TOD are currently under construction. Palm Tran noted that the agency will provide bus service to complement Brightline. SFRTA, SFRPC, and TCRPC are working together on the TOD Planning Pilot Program grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) that will fund station area planning assistance for a minimum of four Tri-Rail Coastal Link stations. SFRTA has finalized the subrecipient agreements with SFRC and TCRPC. SFRTA is completing the grant procurement process with FTA and is reporting to FTA to ensure compliance. The SFRC is holding a public meeting to introduce local governments to the Tri-Rail Coastal Link FTA TOD Pilot Program on December 16, 2016. The TCRPC will hold workshops in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in January 2017 for eligible applicants (local governments, including Community Redevelopment Agencies and Downtown Development Authorities). SFRTA anticipates that local governments will be able to submit applications for planning assistance in early 2017 and that planning activities will begin after station areas are selected. 2 The SFRC’s responsibilities under the TOD Pilot Program Grant include: Selecting the station areas for planning Conducting an affordable housing study Developing station area bicycle and pedestrian plans for select station areas Conducting a water and wastewater capacity analysis along the TRCL corridor Evaluating the potential for a regional TOD fund Coordinating public and agency participation In early 2017, the SFRC will convene advisory groups related to housing, TOD, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, and wastewater to support the effort. SFRC anticipates that most planning work related to the TOD Pilot Program grant will occur in 2017. SFRC is hopeful that this effort will successfully promote TOD. The FDOT District Four reported that FDOT Central Office and Florida East Coast Industries are currently in negotiations, the results of which will dictate when FDOT can submit the Tri-Rail Coastal Link Project Development (PD) application to FTA, possibly as early as December 2016. FDOT District Four reported on the Cypress Creek Road I-95 Interchange PD&E Study. The team met with the City of Fort Lauderdale and the Mobility Hub Stakeholder group, which consists of city and county agencies including the Broward County Planning Council, SFRTA, FDOT, and Envision Uptown. The City of Fort Lauderdale is progressing with a land use plan amendment in the Cypress Creek Core area, roughly defined as the area bounded by Powerline Road, McNab Road, I-95, and south of the Tri- Rail Station. Based on coordination with stakeholders, the PD&E team is seriously investigating relocating the southbound I-95 on-ramp from North Andrews Avenue to another location. A developer is moving forward to develop the commercially zoned portion of the FDOT-owned Park-and-Ride lot at the Cypress Creek station. Additional entitlements will be needed to add a residential component to the property. FDOT District Four also reported the City of Lauderdale Lakes developed a TOD master plan for the area around State Road 7 and Oakland Park Boulevard. This area is also a Gateway Hub within the Broward MPO’s Mobility Hub master plan and is ranked #2 on the prioritized mobility hub list. The land owner on the southeast quadrant of the intersection is not receptive to the master plan nor the creation of a mobility hub. The City has tempered its support of the TOD master plan and mobility hub. FDOT is moving forward with the installation of median barriers to prevent jay walking across Oakland Park and State Road 7 by bus users and other pedestrians. FDOT District Four held listening sessions and a summit to re-engage stakeholders in the I-95 Corridor Mobility Planning Project (CMPP) to holistically address the complex mobility and land use issues in eastern Broward and southeastern Palm Beach counties that contribute to congestion on I-95. The I- 95 CMPP aligns closely with the goals of the TOD Working Group and both efforts can support each other. During the listening sessions and summit, stakeholders identified a need to increase support from elected officials on broader land use and multimodal transportation strategies and a need for guidance on how to incorporate the Aspirational Future Vision into stakeholders’ policies and decision- making processes. More information is available on the project website at: www.myplanspace.com/i95. The Palm Beach MPO is building awareness for the region’s first Public Transit Day on December 9, 2016 – a day where elected officials and the public pledge to take public transit and tweet about their 3 experience. The MPO is hosting a kick-off event. You can take the pledge to ride public transit on December 9th at the Public Transit Day website at www.publictransitday.com. The City of West Palm Beach selected a consulting team led by Alta Planning + Design to study a mobility fee for the downtown and other sections of the City. The mobility fee may be used to fund transportation improvements within the City. All Aboard Florida’s (AAF) construction on the West Palm Beach Brightline station is progressing, and the City anticipates that this project will be completed in Summer 2017. In addition to the station, AAF has started construction on a mixed-use development adjacent to the station containing 285 residential units, 12,000 square feet of commercial, and 838 parking spaces (500 park and ride spaces and 338 spaces for the residences). The City anticipates that this project will be completed in Summer 2018. AGENDA ITEM #2: STRATEGIC MIAMI AREA RAPID TRANSIT PLAN - PRESENTATION BY WILSON FERNANDEZ Wilson Fernandez showed a video of the Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Plan, available on the Miami-Dade MPO’s website at: http://miamidadempo.org/smartplan.asp The SMART plan identifies six rapid transit corridors in Miami-Dade County that support future population and employment growth, as well as a network of express buses that will seamlessly connect the SMART plan corridors, see Figure 1. In February 2016, the Miami-Dade MPO Board adopted a resolution establishing that the advancement of rapid transit corridor projects and transit supportive projects is the Board’s highest priority. In April of 2016, the MPO Board adopted a resolution endorsing the SMART plan and providing funding for project development and environmental (PD&E) studies for the six rapid transit corridors. The PD&E studies will conduct detailed analysis to determine the most appropriate transit solution for each corridor, which may be light rail transit. The MPO is using the SMART Plan to help guide the corridor planning process and is coordinating the efforts of several partners including FDOT and Miami-Dade County. Coordination between the partners is helping to develop a unified vision, Figure 1: Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit Plan Map, showing six maximize funding opportunities, foster Rapid Transit Corridors and a network of express buses. High resolution image available at: partnerships, and helping the county http://miamidadempo.org/library/maps/smart-plan-map-revised- implement the SMART plan. The MPO has 2016-11-02.pdf 4 received 10 letters and/or resolutions of support for the SMART Plan from partners. Figure 2 shows the range of MPO partners. MPO Partners are moving forward with PD&E studies for five of the six rapid transit corridors.